1. Chapter 10, Managing Conflict in Marriages and Families
Key Terms

2. looking-glass self Process by which people adopt as their own, and gradually accept, the evaluations, definitions and judgments of themselves that they see reflected in the faces, words and gestures of those around them.

3. significant others People whose opinions about one another are important to each individual's self-esteem.
attribution Ascribing certain character traits to people.

4. consensual validation Depending on others to affirm one’s definitions.
sabotage One partner attempts to spoil or undermine an activity the other has planned.

5. displacement A person directs anger at people or things the other cherishes.
report talk Conversation aimed at conveying information, typically engaged in by men.

6. rapport talk Conversation aimed at gaining or reinforcing rapport or intimacy, typically engaged in by women.
female-demand/ male-withdraw pattern Repeated cycle - negative verbal expression by a wife and withdrawal by the husband.

7. bonding fighting Fighting that brings people together rather than pushing them apart.